The China questions : critical insights into a rising power / edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi.

ISBN:

9780674982703

9780674983335

Title:

The China questions : critical insights into a rising power / edited by Jennifer Rudolph, Michael Szonyi.

Author:

Rudolph, Jennifer M., editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 337 pages) : illustrations

General Note:

"In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University"--Title page verso

Contents:

I. Politics: Is the Chinese communist regime legitimate? / Elizabeth J. Perry -- Can fighting corruption save the party? / Joseph Fewsmith -- Does Mao still matter? / Roderick MacFarquhar -- What is the source of ethnic tension in China? / Mark Elliott -- What should we know about public opinion in China? / Ya-Wen Lei -- What does longevity mean for leadership in China? / Arunabh Ghosh -- Can the Chinese Communist Party learn from Chinese emperors? / Yuhua Wang -- II. International relations: Will China lead Asia? / Odd Arne Westad -- How strong are China's armed forces? / Andrew S. Erickson -- What does the rise of China mean for the United States? / Robert S. Ross -- Is Chinese exceptionalism undermining China's foreign policy interests? / Alistair Iain Johnston -- (When) will Taiwan reunify with the mainland? / Steven M. Goldstein -- Can China and Japan ever get along? / Ezra F. Vogel -- III. Economy: Can China's high growth continue? / Richard N. Cooper -- Is the Chinese economy headed toward a hard landing? / Dwight H. Perkins -- Will urbanization save the Chinese economy or destroy it? / Meg Rithmire -- Is China keeping its promises on trade? / Mark Wu -- How do China's new rich give back? / Tony Saich -- What can China teach us about fighting poverty? / Nara Dillon -- IV. Environment: Can China address air pollution and climate change? / Michael B. McElroy -- Is there environmental awareness in China? / Karen Thornber -- V. Society: Why does the end of the one-child policy matter? / Susan Greenhalgh -- How are China and its middle class handling aging and mental health? / Arthur Kleinman -- How important is religion in China? / James Robson -- Will there be another Dalai Lama? / Leonard W.J. van der Kuijp -- Does law matter in China? / William P. Alford -- Why do so many Chinese students come to the United States? / William C. Kirby -- VI. History and culture: Who is Confucius in today's China? / Michael Puett -- Where did the Silk Road come from? / Rowan Flad -- Why do intellectuals matter to Chinese politics? / Peter K. Bol -- Why do classic Chinese novels matter? / Wai-yee Li -- How have Chinese writers imagined China's future? / David Der-wei Wang -- Has Chinese propaganda won hearts and minds? / Jie Li -- Why is it still so hard to talk about the Cultural Revolution? / Xiaofei Tian -- What is the future of China's past? / Stephen Owen -- How has the study of China changed in the last sixty years? / Paul A. Cohen.

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Subject Term:

Environmental policy -- China.

Environnement -- Politique gouvernementale -- Chine.

HISTORY -- Asia -- China.

HISTORY / Asia / China

Politics and government

Social conditions

Außenpolitik

Innenpolitik

Internationale Politik

Politischer Wandel

Sozialer Wandel

Wirtschaftliche Lage

Geographic Term:

China -- Forecasting.

China -- Politics and government -- 2002-

China -- Foreign relations -- 21st century.

China -- Economic conditions -- 2000-

China -- Social conditions -- 2000-

China -- Civilization -- 2002-

Chine -- Relations extérieures -- 21e siècle.

Chine -- Conditions économiques -- 2000-

Chine -- Conditions sociales -- 2000-

Chine -- Civilisation -- 2002-

China

Added Author:

Rudolph, Jennifer M.,

Szonyi, Michael,

Added Corporate Author:

Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1679660

Publication Date:

2018

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Massachusetts :

Harvard University Press,

2018.

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Summary

Many books offer information about the world's most populous country, but few make sense of what is truly at stake. Thirty-six of the world's leading China experts--affiliates of Harvard's renowned Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies--answer key questions about where this new superpower is headed and what makes its people and their leaders tick.

Author Notes

Rudolph Jennifer :

Jennifer Rudolph is Associate Professor of modern Chinese political history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.Szonyi Michael :

Michael Szonyi is Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Rudolph and Szonyi, both associated with Harvard's Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, bring together 36 short, but collectively weighty, scholarly articles on contemporary China. The articles are grouped into six categories: China's politics, foreign relations, economy, environment, society, and history and culture. This collection is impressive for its comprehensiveness, with contributors providing numerous pointed observations. In a piece on the U.S.'s response to the flexing of Chinese military power, for example, Robert Ross, a political scientist at Boston College, charges Washington with simultaneously failing to improve ties with allies in the region and to "manage Chinese perceptions of U.S. intentions." The editors have done an excellent job of pruning jargon and creating succinct essays on complex topics, though in some cases an article's brevity is a shortcoming: in writing about religion in China, for example, James Robson, a professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard, takes a largely top-down approach, focusing on the state's changing attitude toward religion while saying very little on religious practices themselves. Still, this is a highly informative, readable collection for scholars and nonscholars alike. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Choice Review

These 36 superb chapters, written in a pithy and insightful question-and-answer format by a group of top-notch China scholars affiliated with Harvard in multiple disciplines, offer a creative and all-embracing evaluation of China's political system, international relations, economic advancement, environmental problems, social issues, historical continuity, and cultural changes. This elegantly composed, awe-inspiring, and wide-ranging book is full of sparkling, stimulating, and provocative ideas. Sample chapter titles include "Is the Chinese Communist Regime Legitimate?" "Can China and Japan Ever Get Along?" "Is There Environmental Awareness in China?" "Will There Be Another Dalai Lama?" and "Where Did the Silk Road Come From?" Readers can gain a deeper understanding of China and its history, present complexity, and future challenges. This work could been seen as a handbook for anyone wanting to acquire an across-the-board appreciation of contemporary China and engage with this rising power in a direct approach. Although it is difficult to find a central theme, this wide-ranging, comprehensive, extensive, and witty study enriches readers with numerous fascinating and far-reaching remarks. Summing Up: Essential. All public and academic levels/libraries. --Patrick Fuliang Shan, Grand Valley State University